Musk, a senior adviser in Trump's White House, targeted the long-running CBS News broadcast in an X post on Feb. 16

Elon Musk has set his sights on the journalists of CBS’ “60 Minutes.” Donald Trump’s senior adviser, 53, was seemingly triggered by the CBS News show after it shared a quote on X from former Republican USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios.

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and ally of President Donald Trump is calling for a "long prison sentence" for this longstanding television program.

Trump filed that lawsuit in the conservative Northern District of Texas, a move that CBS called judge-shopping in a request to dismiss the case. Though CBS' parent company Paramount has appeared open to settling the case, "60 Minutes" recently made the unprecedented move of sharing all of their recordings from the Harris interview.

Elon Musk has joined in on Donald Trump's spat with CBS's 60 Minutes as he said the program's team deserves 'long prison sentences' after Sunday's program critiqued DOGE's dismantling of USAID